Faye Rapoport DesPres

hurricane

Weathering Sandy

I have never experienced sustained winds and rains quite like those from Hurricane Sandy. The storm battered the Eastern Seaboard yesterday, and although the Boston area wasn’t in its direct path, the region experienced quite a beating, especially along the…

Waiting for the Hurricane

A year ago, after my husband and I took a trip to Bermuda, I wrote an essay titled, “Waiting for the Hurricane.” The island was under a hurricane watch during most of our stay. That essay hasn’t been published (yet?)…